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Artist Sarah Cain stands in her latest immersive installation at BAMPFA.

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Come in, sit, stay a while: How artist Sarah Cain invites visitors into her paintings

The UC Berkeley alum created BAMPFA’s newest site-specific installation with a goal she always has with her paintings: to break it out of its preciousness.

a woman looks at enlarged mounted photos on a gallery wall

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Berkeley Talks: How art allows us to see everyday things anew

A photo of Stephanie Syjuco's installation of

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With a 63-by-30 foot art installation, Stephanie Syjuco explores education and activism at BAMPFA

a black-and-white photo of the San Francisco Bay with a sailboat in the distance and rocks on the sandy shore

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Photographer Chrissy Huhn documents California’s evolving landscapes

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

A painting by Chiura Obata called Sunset, Watertower, March 10, 1943, was done in ink, color and mica on paper while he was in an internment camp. It shows a vibrant sunset behind a watertower in a desolate landscape. There are telephone lines in front of the tower and mountains in the far distance.

Legacy of Chiura Obata, artist and former UC Berkeley professor, endures on campus

Priyanka D’Souza, pictured sitting on one of the wheeled stools installed as part of her MFA exhibition, before various works created for the exhibition mounted on a shelf viewable at seated height.

This Berkeley MFA exhibition probes how museums and institutions exclude disabled bodies

a man in a red hat and winter gear stands onboard the green deck of a ship with red railing in Antarctica. He is holding a camera and filming something, looking focused.

In a tiny boat 7,800 miles from UC Berkeley, graduate students made a daring documentary

Lewis Hamilton in a white suit, Angela Bassett in a blue suit wearing a black velvet hat, Zendaya in a white suit and matching wide-brimmed hat, Gigi Hadid in a gold dress, and Ayo Edebiri in a white and coral dress, all on a blue carpet

Did the Met Gala’s attendees live up to its Black dandy-inspired theme? UC Berkeley experts discuss

Workers building a stand and case to hold a large Diego Rivera mural at Doe Library.

Stunning Diego Rivera mural starts a new chapter at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library

Several hand drawn art books by Caribbean and Latin American artists sit behind glass in an exhibit

From trash to treasure: Library showcases new Latin American book art exhibit

Jake Merioles, a student painter, stands with his back to the camera at an easel in Memorial Glade, working on a painting of University Library. The Campanile is sticking up over the top of the library and the sky is blue with small white clouds. Merioles is wearing a black shirt.

Without his Friday painting sessions, Jake Merioles says, ‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today.’

BERKELEY, CA - October 26 - Atmosphere at Shah Garg Collection at BAMPFA on October 26th 2024 at BAMFA in Berkeley, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

One of the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at BAMPFA

The white cover of an artist book with a sepia-toned drawing of an eye next to a row of several vials labeled things like,

Artists’ books shine in new exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library

I’m a Berkeleyan: BAMPFA Senior Curator Anthony Graham asks, Why now? And why here?

Circle-shaped headshots of Jennifer Redfearn and John Connelly, UC Berkeley's newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships, are in shades of blue.

UC Berkeley historian, documentary filmmaker are 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

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